Oséias 7:1-9

1 Quando eu tento curar Israel,o mal de Efraim fica expostoe os crimes de Samaria são revelados.Pois praticam o engano,ladrões entram nas casas,bandidos roubam nas ruas;

2 mas eles não percebem queeu me lembro de todas as suas más obras.Seus pecados os envolvem;eu os vejo constantemente.

3 “Eles alegram o rei com as suas impiedades,os líderes, com as suas mentiras.

4 São todos adúlteros,queimando como um fornocujo fogo o padeiro não precisa atiçar,desde quando sova a massa até quando a faz crescer.

5 No dia da festa de nosso reios líderes são inflamados pelo vinho,e o rei dá as mãos aos zombadores.

6 Quando se aproximam com suas intrigas,seus corações ardem como um forno.A fúria deles arde lentamente a noite toda;pela manhã queima como chama abrasadora.

7 Todos eles se esquentam como um fornoe devoram os seus governantes.Todos os seus reis caem,e ninguém clama a mim.

8 “Efraim mistura-se com as nações;Efraim é um bolo que não foi virado.

9 Estrangeiros sugam sua força,mas ele não o percebe.Seu cabelo vai ficando grisalho,^[a]mas ele nem repara nisso.

Oséias 7:1-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO HOSEA 7

This chapter either begins a new sermon, discourse, or prophecy, or it is a continuation of the former; at least it seems to be of the same argument with the latter part of it, only it is directed to Israel alone; and consists of complaints against them because of their manifold sins, and of denunciations of punishment for them. They are charged with ingratitude to God, sinning in a daring manner against mercy, and with falsehood, thefts, and robberies, Ho 7:1; with want of consideration of the omniscience of God, and his notice of their sins, which surrounded them, Ho 7:2; with flattery to their king and princes, Ho 7:3; with adultery, which lust raged in them like a heated oven, Ho 7:4; with drunkenness, aggravated by drawing their king into it, Ho 7:5; with raging lusts, which devoured their judges, made their kings to fall, and brought on such a general corruption, that there were none that called upon the Lord, Ho 7:6,7; with mixing themselves with the nations of the earth, and so learning their ways, and bringing their superstition and idolatry into the worship of God, so that they were nothing in religion, like a half baked cake, Ho 7:8; with stupidity and insensibility of their declining state, Ho 7:9; with pride, impenitence, and stubbornness, Ho 7:10; with folly, in seeking to Egypt and Assyria for help, and not to the Lord; for which they would be taken as birds in a net, and sorely chastised, Ho 7:11,12; with ingratitude, hypocrisy, and deceitfulness; for all which they are threatened with destruction, Ho 7:13-16.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebraico: "A cinza espalha-se pelo seu cabelo."